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Woman's Hard Fight With A Big Sawfish

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
February
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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Some remarkable fishing has been done by two women- Mrs. J. Turner-Turner and her sister. Miss Blanche Hannay - on the coast near Jacksonville, Fla., recently. In fact, no other women ever equaled their record in the waters of the gulf, and it is doubtful whether any male angler has done as well.

Mrs. Turner-Turner landed a sawfish 13 feet 10 inches in length, the gigantic inhabitant of the deep being caught on tarpon tackle, for she was tarpon fishing at the time. In addition to the big sawfish Mrs. Turner-Turner bagged seventy-six tarpon and innumerable sharks and jewfish.

Miss Hannay's bag included a 240 pound jewfish and three splendid tarpon, the largest of which weighed 164 pounds. The women accomplished this remarkable catch in the space of two weeks.

Any fisherman can understand what it means to land a fierce sawfish more than thirteen feet In length. Such a fight called for wonderful patience, resource, skill and muscular endurance. After a hot fight lasting fully an hour the monster was partly subdued and dragged toward the boat or, rather, the boat toward the fish.

At the risk of a furious attack upon the boat with its formidable saw the great fish was finally got but a few feet from the boat. Then a bullet was sent into its head, which had the effect of quieting it sufficiently to allow of a rope being hitched over its formidable saw.